Ascendant Dustspeaker
Common · Creature — Orc Cleric
4.8WeakRank 184 of 266
55.3%Rank 172 of 319 by win rate, card in hand · set average: 56.3%
How are these measures computed?
Pick rating. The pick rating estimates what a card is worth when you choose it, before there are results: it combines several signals (expert evaluations, the choices of strong players, characteristics of the card such as its cost and rarity) and was tuned on the results of decks of strong players. It is for comparing cards while you draft.
Observed strength. The observed strength is the win rate of the games in which the card was in hand at some point (opening hand or drawn), from hundreds of thousands of real games of online draft players since the set came out. The rank compares the cards seen in at least 1,000 games. It does not correct for the strength of the deck the card is played in, and a result stays uncertain for a card that is played little (about 1.6 points of margin at 1,000 games).
A solid playable that rarely gets cut (4.8/10).
Why. A 3/4 flyer for five that puts a +1/+1 counter on another creature you control when it enters. At the beginning of combat it also exiles a card from a graveyard, handy against recursion.
Risks. Five mana is heavy, and the counter needs another creature. A removal spell costs you a whole turn.
In the draft. A fair aerial top-end common for white, especially white-red. One or two copies are plenty.
Win rate of the card
Percentage of games won by the decks that play this card, depending on when it shows up, from the real games of the set.
Gap when it is drawn, against the games where it is not : -0.9 win-rate points
Its place in the set
- Common: rank 46 of 86
- White: rank 25 of 32
- Cost 5: rank 16 of 27
- Average pick: 8.8 (1 = taken first from a pack; the lower the number, the earlier players choose it)
Win rate by colour pair
Percentage of games won by the decks of each pair that play the card, with the number of games. The pairs are the two main colors of the deck: when the card has a color outside the pair, the deck plays it as a splash (marked “splash”). A pair that has an archetype in this set leads to its guide.
Win rate: strong players and all players
Percentage of games won when the card is in hand; strong players are those ranked diamond or mythic online.
Win rate on the play and on the draw
Win rate by number of copies in the deck
- 1 copy56.5 % · 64,888 games
- 2 copies56.5 % · 11,346 games
- 3 copies59.9 % · 571 games
Win rate since the set came out (card in hand)
- First two weeks56.6 % · 18,925 games
- Next two weeks55.6 % · 10,764 games
- After that54.5 % · 6,630 games
Win rate alongside other cards
Win rate of the decks that play both cards, compared with the one you would expect from what each card gets alone. At least 150 games together.
Cards it wins more with
- Page, Loose Leaf1,136 games · 56.1 % (instead of 53.8% expected)
Cards it wins less with
- Steal the Show1,060 games · 50.1 % (instead of 54.6% expected)
Where it is played
R/W · 57 %
Played in 14% of the decks of the set
Other cards of the same cost and colours
70. Lorehold, the Historian
6.6
94. Stirring Honormancer
6.2
126. Ajani's Response
5.6
136. Primary Research
5.6
Intrinsic ratings: they do not take into account the cards you have already picked. They matter most for the first pick of the first pack.